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author | Christian Humer <christian.humer@gmail.com> |
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date | Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:20:32 +0100 |
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Building Graal -------------- There is a Python script in mxtool/mx.py that simplifies working with the code base. It requires Python 2.7. While you can run this script by using an absolute path, it's more convenient to add graal/mxtool to your PATH environment variable so that the 'mx' helper script can be used. The following instructions in this file assume this setup. Building both the Java and C++ source code comprising the Graal VM can be done with the following simple command. % mx build This builds the 'product' version of HotSpot with the Graal modifications. To build the debug or fastdebug versions: mx build debug mx build fastdebug Running Graal ------------- To run the VM, use 'mx vm' in place of the standard 'java' command: % mx vm ... To select the fastdebug or debug versions of the VM: % mx --fastdebug vm ... % mx --debug vm ... Graal has an optional bootstrap step where it compiles itself before compiling any application code. This bootstrap step currently takes about 7 seconds on a fast x64 machine. It's useful to disable this bootstrap step when running small programs with the -XX:-BootstrapGraal options. For example: % mx vm -XX:-BootstrapGraal ... Other Build Configurations -------------------------- By default the build commands above create a HotSpot binary where Graal is the only compiler. This binary is the Graal VM binary and identifies as such with the -version option: % mx vm -XX:-BootstrapGraal -version java version "1.7.0_07" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_07-b10) OpenJDK 64-Bit Graal VM (build 25.0-b10-internal, mixed mode) It's also possible to build and execute the standard HotSpot binaries using the --vm option: % mx --vm server build % mx --vm server vm -version java version "1.7.0_07" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_07-b10) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b10-internal, mixed mode) These standard binaries still include the code necessary to support use of the Graal compiler for explicit compilation requests. However, in this configuration the Graal compiler will not service VM issued compilation requests (e.g., upon counter overflow in the interpreter). To build a HotSpot binary that completely omits all VM support for Graal, define an environment variable OMIT_GRAAL (its value does not matter) and build with the --vm option as above (doing a clean first if necessary): % env OMIT_GRAAL= mx --vm server build